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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Broncos Podcast Networkingme

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Speaker 1: YouTube for the latest episode of Broncos Now.

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Speaker 2: As I was from your hostess, Sidney Jones and coming.

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Speaker 1: Up on today's episode, the Broncos held another day of

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Speaker 1: practice here asks in True Health Training Center. We'll hear

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Speaker 1: today from defensive coordinator Advance Joseph, offensive coordinator Joe Lombarney,

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Speaker 1: and cornerback Pastor Tan More. Coming up, the Denver Broncos

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Speaker 1: hit the practice field again today as they continue they're

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Speaker 1: prepped to host the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. As

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Speaker 1: we look ahead to the matchup, defensive coordinator Vance Joseph

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Speaker 1: spoke today on a Chargers quarterback East and Stick and

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Speaker 1: what have you seen from him on tape?

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Speaker 3: I was surprised how how he moved, you know, So

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Speaker 3: you know, watching his last two games, he's played full games.

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Speaker 3: He's very he's very athletic, you know, and he's a

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Speaker 3: veteran guy who hadn't played much, but he's experienced as

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Speaker 3: far as being in this league. He's very accurate with

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Speaker 3: the football. But if you don't cage this guy, he

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Speaker 3: can make your day long just by making the second

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Speaker 3: with respect and also covered receivers.

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Speaker 1: Obviously, fan Choseph went on to discuss the defense, putting

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Speaker 1: an emphasis on takeaways this week.

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Speaker 3: No, obviously they come in bunches, but you know, at

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Speaker 3: the first put of game, it comes out, and you know,

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Speaker 3: sometimes teams play you a certain way, you know, when

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Speaker 3: the games are tighter, you know, and it's obviously when

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Speaker 3: you have a leader, you have more of a cushion

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Speaker 3: and they're chasing you. You know, you can, you can

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Speaker 3: take the ball away more often. But it was more

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Speaker 3: of a play action, pass and block up game on Sunday,

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Speaker 3: you know. But us trying to take the ball aways,

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Speaker 3: that's our trademark, you know, so that won't change.

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Speaker 1: Offense coordinator Joe Lombardi also spoke to the media today

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Speaker 1: and talked about what he's seen from adjured Stinham and

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Speaker 1: what the offense will look like with him on his Sunday.

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Speaker 4: I think he's a good player. I think you'll see

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Speaker 4: a good operation, you know. I think he gets the

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Speaker 4: we're optimistic. I think every quarterback's got his own personality,

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Speaker 4: so yeah, I mean some players that he likes that

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Speaker 4: you know, maybe some players that play more to Russ's strengths,

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Speaker 4: and so you know, there might be some slight differences,

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Speaker 4: but nothing, nothing drastic.

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Speaker 1: Quarterback passer Tan spoke today on finishing this season strong,

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Speaker 1: especially on a Sunday it being the final home game

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Speaker 2: My thing would be huge for the organization to finish

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Speaker 3: You know, obviously these two games are divisional oppoints and

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Speaker 3: to get these two wins would be huge.

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Speaker 2: For us as a team standpoint.

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Speaker 5: And yeah, I mean that's what we're focus on right

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Speaker 5: now and the rest of.

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Speaker 2: Carry on later. So we just focus on these as

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Speaker 2: two games to see where it take us.

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Speaker 1: Evans Joseph added to that echoing pad sentiment.

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Speaker 3: It means everything. And we have a standard that we're

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Speaker 3: trying to uphold. You know, whoever we're playing, where we're playing,

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Speaker 3: how many games we have left, it's the same standard.

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Speaker 3: You know, we're looking to play, you know, dominant defense,

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Speaker 1: And now it's time to take a look at today's

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Speaker 1: injury report. Outside linebacker Baron Browning, tight end Greg Dulsich,

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Speaker 1: wide receiver courtland Ston, and run back Dweene Washington all

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Speaker 1: did not participate in practice today. Wide receiver Marvin Mims

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Speaker 1: Junior was a limited participant, and everybody else was a

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Speaker 1: full participant. And now joining me on a Broncos Now

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Speaker 1: to take a look at a Sunday's matchup from the

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Speaker 1: Chargers perspective is Los Angeles Chargers senior writer Eric Smith.

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Speaker 2: Eric, great to see you, Thanks for joining.

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Speaker 5: Me today, of course, any thank you for having me absolutely.

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Speaker 2: How are you doing? How's it going? Can't believe there's

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Speaker 2: only two weeks of the season left.

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Speaker 5: Here, right? Yeah? I feel like the season is always

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Speaker 5: a grind, right and then you look up and if

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Speaker 5: week seventeen, you're like, what happened?

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Speaker 3: So?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, here we are, two games left, two games left?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I know both these teams look a bit different

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Speaker 1: since their meeting just three weeks to How you know, Eric,

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Speaker 1: to start, how do you feel like you know the

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was tough. It was definitely tough, you know,

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Speaker 5: But but ownership felt like that was the move they

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Speaker 5: really was no other choice to make. And the response

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Speaker 5: has been good, you know, for for all things considered.

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Speaker 5: I mean, guys are playing hard, they've rallied around interim

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Speaker 5: head coach Gift Smith. You know that it's a sadness

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Speaker 5: for sure, because no one really wants to see that happen,

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Speaker 5: you know, and players take some ownership in that too.

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Speaker 5: It's when when that stuff happened, you know, it's not

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Speaker 5: kind of a collective. So that's where we're at, you know,

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Speaker 5: Week seven team, not the season that anyone who's wanted

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you mentioned interim head coach Gift Smith.

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Speaker 1: You know, how do you feel like things have just

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Speaker 1: You guys look like a different team out there.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and I think that that the effort level and

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Speaker 5: that bad, bad game against the Raiders. After that, you

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Speaker 5: play hard after you get embarrassed like that. But players

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Speaker 5: I mean he's great. He is. He's a no nonsense guy,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Eric, what's just been your evaluation of quarterback Easton

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Speaker 5: There, it's been good. I mean, he hasn't really been

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Speaker 5: like the team has struggled, so it's tough for him

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Speaker 5: they're playing hard for him, and he's going to be

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Speaker 2: There as you guys head out to Denver here in

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Speaker 1: What's just been the tone and the focus over there

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Speaker 5: Yeah, guys, guys still want to win. I mean, I

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Speaker 5: It's an AFC West rival. Obviously a newsworthy week for

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Speaker 5: We want to win these games. So that's that's the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, who would have thought East and Stick and Jared

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Speaker 5: Yeah, sign me up?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Or the last one here for you? You know, when

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Speaker 5: Yeah, for me, I'm gonna be watching Khalil Mack against

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Speaker 5: think Boles has played every snap offensively this season, so he's,

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Speaker 5: from from a Chargers perspective, Khalil is still sitting on

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Speaker 5: one hundred career sacks. He's tied his career high. He's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, Eric, appreciate your insight. On the game. Can't

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Speaker 2: thank you enough for joining the show today.

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Speaker 5: Okay, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look forward to seeing you out here and done

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Speaker 2: with this weekend.

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Speaker 5: Okay, see, then.

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Speaker 1: That's going to do it for today's episode of Broncos

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Speaker 1: Now Broncos Country.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for tuning in.

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Speaker 1: Need you right back here on the Broncos Podcast network

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Speaker 1: and YouTube.

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Speaker 2: Tomorrow for a game preview. I will see you all then,